Wilson-McAdoo Collection, ca. 1859-1967.

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Wilson-McAdoo Collection, ca. 1859-1967.

The collection includes 14 series. Series I-IV contain personal papers and records of President Woodrow Wilson's youngest daughter, Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, her husband William Gibbs McAdoo, and their two children Ellen Wilson McAdoo & Mary Faith McAdoo. Series V-VIII contain personal papers and records of President Woodrow Wilson, his first wife Ellen Axson Wilson, and their first two children Margaret Woodrow Wilson & Jessie Woodrow Wilson. Con't: Series IX-X contain Wilson family clippings, photographs, and ephemera. Series XII contains the McAdoo family childrens collection. Series XIII contains Wilson family oversize materials. Series XIV contains audiovisual materials.

3 sound recordings.

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Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

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Woodrow Wilson (b. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, December 28, 1856, Staunton, Virginia-d.February 3, 1924, Washington, D.C.), was the twenty-eight President of the United States, 1913-1921; Governor of New Jersey, 1911-1913; and president of Princeton University, 1902-1910. Biographical Note 1856, Dec. 28 Born, Staunton, Va. 1870 ...

Wilson, Ellen Axson, 1860-1914

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Ellen Axson Wilson was the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson and First Lady of the United States from 1913 until her death in 1914. “I am naturally the most unambitious of women and life in the White House has no attractions for me.” Mrs. Wilson was writing to thank President Taft for advice concerning the mansion he was leaving. Two years as first lady of New Jersey had given her valuable experience in the duties of a woman whose time belongs to the people. She always played a public ...

McAdoo family

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Wilson family

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McAdoo, Ellen Wilson, 1915-1946.

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McAdoo, Eleanor Wilson, 1889-1967

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Eleanor Randolph Wilson McAdoo, born in 1899, was the youngest daughter of Woodrow and Ellen Louise Axson Wilson. She was the author of short stories and two books. She was also active in the United World Federalists movement. She died in Montecito, Calif., in 1967. The collection also contains papers of Ellen Wilson McAdoo, Mary Faith McAdoo Bush, William Gibbs McAdoo, Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, and President Woodrow Wilson. From...

Wilson, Margaret Woodrow, 1886-1944

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Sayre, Jessie Woodrow Wilson, 1887-1933

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Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre was the daughter of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and was a political activist. She was born in Gainesville, Georgia on August 28, 1887, the second daughter of Woodrow and Ellen Axson Wilson. She was educated privately in Princeton and at Goucher College in Baltimore; after her graduation from Goucher, she worked at a settlement home in Philadelphia for three years. She was also involved with the YWCA, serving on its national board. She marrie...

McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941

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Lawyer, business executive, Democratic Party leader, U.S. secretary of the treasury, Director General of Railroads, and U.S. senator from California. From the description of Papers of William Gibbs McAdoo, 1786-1941 (bulk 1880-1941). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063506 McAdoo was born near Marietta, Cobb County, GA, on Oct. 31, 1863; attended the Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville; admitted to TN bar in 1885 and began law practice in Chattanooga, TN; moved to NYC, 1892; devel...

Bush, Mary Faith McAdoo, 1920-1988.

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